He became a trombonist, bassist, drummer, and singer, playing in various bands including that of Ernie Ventura. He was a prominent performer with the group on the Las Vegas Strip in the 1950s and 1960s, and continued to perform in Las Vegas into his later years after the demise of the group.īell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Italian American parents, who were shopkeepers. Bell with wife Roberta Linn at the Las Vegas Sahara Hotelįerdinando Dominick Bello, known as Freddie Bell, (Septem– February 10, 2008) was an American musician, whose group, Freddie Bell and the Bellboys, were influential in the development of rock and roll in the 1950s.
